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Amar Singh
Ladhabhai Nakum Amar Singh
Born: 4 December 1910, Rajkot, Gujarat
Died: 21 May 1940, Jamnagar, Gujarat
Major Teams: Maharajah of Patiala's XI; Maharajah of Patiala's XII, Western India, Hindus, Nawanagar, India.
Known As: Amar Singh
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Test Debut: India v England at Lord's, Only Test, 1932
Last Test: India v England at The Oval, 3rd Test, 1936
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 7 14 1 292 51 22.46 0 1 3 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 363.4 95 858 28 30.64 7-86 2 0 77.9 2.35
FIRST-CLASS
(career: 1931/32 - 1939/40)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100s Ct St
Batting & Fielding 92 150 12 3344 140* 24.23 5 77 0
R W Ave BBI 5 10
Bowling 9286 506 18.35 8-23 42 14
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Profile:
"There is no better bowler in the world today than Amar Singh,'' said
Len Hutton in an informal chat with pressmen at Madras in 1970. It was
34 years since the legendary England opening batsman had faced the
Indian medium pace bowler while playing for Yorkshire. And it is the
perfect tribute to Amar Singh that Hutton still remembered the hard
time that the Indian, then a member of the 1936 Indian team, gave him.
Another England great Wally Hammond described Amar Singh's bowling as
``he came off the pitch like the crack of doom''. Indeed, Amar Singh,
along with Md Nissar was the first great Indian bowler for his
accuracy, stamina and ability to make the ball move alarmingly off the
air or cut it devastatingly off the pitch. He played in all the seven
Tests before the war. In the first Test in 1932 he took four wickets
and hit an attacking 51, coming in at No 9. Against England in
1933-34, he was the country's best bowler taking four for 106 off 54.5
overs in the second Test at Calcutta. In the final Test at Madras, in
the absence of Nissar, he had to work overtime and rose to the
occasion with a bag of seven for 86 off 44.4 overs in the first
innings. Going in at No 4, he scored a hard hitting 48.
Amar Singh was however at his best in England where the conditions
suited him. In 1932, he took 111 wickets (20.78) and made 641 runs
(22.89) in the first class matches. By 1936 he was a popular
Lancashire League professional and was released only for a few games
for the Indian touring team. In the first Test, he took six for 35 in
the first innings. In the second Test he again displayed his batting
prowess by hitting an unbeaten 48 to help India draw the game. In the
final Test at the Oval he scored a valuable 44 going in at No 4 thus
proving beyond doubt that he could be classified as an all rounder. At
home, he was at his best against Lord Tennyson's team in 1937-38 when
he bagged 36 wickets (16.66) in the five `Tests'. In a short but
brilliant Ranji Trophy career for Western India and Nawanagar he took
105 wickets at 15.56 apiece. He died in 1940 at the age of 29. (
Partab Ramchand)
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